"Ned Connor recorded aspects of his behavior for over four years. Ned kept a small sheet of paper and a wrist
stopwatch with him at all times and recorded the time spent at each major activity, such as when he slept, when he
was in the laboratory, when he was socializing and with whom, time spent working, relaxing and exercising, what foods
he ate and when, how many sentences he wrote. In one study, Ned constructed cumulative records of numebr of sentences
written each day over the course of 2 1/2 years, and identified scallops, with sentences increasing as each school
term drew to a close; living with another person caused a decrease in writing rate; writing in a single isolated room
increased rate; and sleeping during the day and working at night also resulted in a marked increase in rate. Ned also
analyzed his sleep cycle and found that over more than two of the four years analyzed, he maintained a greater than
24-hour sleep-wake cycle. Although this effect is commonly found when people are isolated in environments containing
no obvious time cues, e.g., while living deep in a cave, the effect is noteworthy for a sighted individual in an
everyday environment."

2015-05-10

yes i'm still here, still logging. have to transcribe several extremely boring years worth of paper log books into digital format. any takers?